Fly-paper holder.



W. P. BOATWRIGHT. FLY PAPER HOLDER. nrmonxon 2mm mm: a. mo.

Patented June 13,1911.

in: NORRIS rlrllls co., wlsmnurm, u. c.

WILLIAM P. BOATWRIGI-IT, 0F DANVILLE, VIRGINIA.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1911.

Application filed June 8, 1910. Serial No. 565,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM P. BOAT- WRIGHT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Danville, in the county of Pittsylvania and State ofVirginia, have invented newand useful Improvements in Fly-Paper Holders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder, carrier or support for stickyfly-paper; and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and secureholder for a sheet of adhesive fly-paper which may at any time be easilyand quickly inserted into and removed from said holder without danger ofcontact with adhesive substances covering the paper.

To this end the invention consists of a novel construction, combinationand arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in theclaims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa perspective view of the im-' proved fly paper holder in use; Fig. 2, alongitudinal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8, aperspective view showing one end of the fly paper and its supportingsheet raised for the purpose of grasping and removing the fly paper fromthe holder; Fig. 4, a cross sectional view on the line 4t-t of Fig. 1;Fig. 5, a longitudinal sectional view of the holder showing a slightmodification of the supporting sheet, and Fig. 6, a detail view of oneend of the modified supporting sheet.

Like reference characters are used for the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawing, 1 indicates the holder, comprising a frame of,preferably, rectangular form and constructed of strips 2, 3 and 4 havingslots or U-shaped grooves 5 on their inner edges around three sides ofthe frame. These strips or sides of the frame are preferably made ofthin sheet metal, bent into U-shape and soldered together as shown inFig. 1, or the frame may be made of a single U-shaped strip 6 withtriangular portions cut therefrom to form corners and the arts of thestrip bent as in Fig. 3 to form miter-joints 7 at said corners. Theremaining side of the frame comprises an angular metal strip 8 extendingfrom one side of the frame to the other and prefer-- ably soldered tothe bottom of the side strips 3 and 4 in such position that theremaining side 9 of the angular strip projects upyvardly to form anabutment as shown in the several figures. The side strips 3 and 4 havetheir upper portions cut away for a short distance back from theabutment 9 to leave an open space 15 into which the adhesive paper maybe placed for the purpose of sliding it easily into the grooves 5 in theframe.

The bottom of the holder is formed of a loose removable sheet ofcardboard, stifi' paper, or other material of sufiicient rigidity toretain its shape when supported at its edges only in the frame, which,as before stated, is preferably open at the center and without meansother than the grooves and the angle strip 8 for giving support to thebottom sheet.

Attention is called to the fact that while the adhesive paper sheet andthe bottom sheet are securely held in place within the grooves of theframe, so that in whatever position the latter may be placed, there isabsolutely no danger of the sheets falling or slipping from saidgrooves, as the abutment 9 holds said sheets in place when the end ofthe frame carrying the angle strip 8 is lowered, and though so securelyheld in the frame, the adhesive sheet may be quickly and cleanly removedtherefrom by merely pressing one or more fingers against the bottomsheet, thus raising the ends of the latter and of the adhesive sheetabove the abutment 9. Then, on grasping the edge of the adhesive sheetand drawing it outwardly, it is quickly removed from the frame. A newsheet may be inserted immediately thereafter by removing the linger orfingers so that the bottom sheet may fall in place, then slipping theedge of the new sheet into the grooves 5, pushing it for ward as far asit will go and finally allow ing the end held in the hand to drop behindthe abutment 9.

If desired, the bottom sheet 10 near the angle strip 8 may have one ormore holes 11 punched therethrough for the insertion of a finger orfingers when it is desired to elevate the end of the adhesive sheet onlyfor the purpose of withdrawing it from the holder. This operation isclearly shown in Fig. 5. The holes 11 may be round, square, rectangularor other shape, and there may be one or more of them as circumstancesmay require, the sole object of these holes being to permit the tips ofthe fingers to pass through the bottom sheet and engage the adhesivesheet to press up or elevate its outer edge.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A holder for fly paper comprising an open frame having grooves in theinner edge of all its sides except one, an upright abutment on saidside, the top of each side of the frame adjacent the abutment being cutaway, and. a removable bottom sheet easily admitted through saidout-away portions to said grooves and supported by the latter, one sideof said sheet lying adjacent said abutment, said bottom sheet having anopening formed therethrough, near the abutment.

2. A holder for fly paper comprising a rectangular open frame formed ofthin sheet metal, three sides of which are U-shaped in cross-section toform grooves on the inner edges of said frame, the remaining sidecomprising an angular strip secured to the free ends of the side stripsof said frame and forming an abutment, portions of said U- shaped sidestrips of the frame being cut away on the top leaving a free spaceadjacent to said abutment, and a bottom sheet for said frame supportedin the grooves in the frame and by the angular strip and adapted tocarry the fly paper, said bottom sheet having two or more holestherethrough adjacent-the angular strip for the fingers to enter andraise the edge of said fly paper through said cut-away portions when itis desired to remove said fly paper from the holder.

3. A holder for fly paper comprisingan open frame, three sides of whichare substantially U-shaped in cross section to form grooves openinginwardly, a fourth side being flat and in a plane with the bottom ofsaid grooves, a wall at the outer edge of said flat side, a'portion ofthe top of each frame side adjacent the wall being removed to expose thegrooves below and permit the in sertion thereinto of a flexible sheet to'rest on said flat side and against said wall, the open ends of saidgrooves extending back from said wall a suflicient distance to permitthe end of the sheet to be raised above the frame to a height where itcan be readily grasped when pressure is applied to the end of said sheetfrom its under side.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM P. BOATWRIGHT. Vitnesses W. W. WADDELL, Jr., IRMA GRAVES.

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